{"product_id":"the-arch-of-desire-9780802139696","title":"The Arch of Desire","description":"A delectable novel of a man's lifelong devotion to erotic exploration, The Arch of Desire is based very loosely on the life of the artist Pierre Molinier, admired by the surrealists and creator of a many-layered erotic universe. As the novel opens, Pierre is a boy, raised by a wealthy family of Belgian winemakers. Precociously curious about the opposite sex -- particularly the intimate garments he finds drying in the laundry room -- he is initiated into the erotic by a family servant and soon moves on to the more forbidden charms of his lovely, sophisticated half sister. As he comes of age -- attending art school, becoming an acclaimed painter, and settling in Bordeaux -- Pierre simultaneously pursues ever more complex pleasures, devouring his father's collection of de Sade, Restif de la Bretonne, and other erotic classics, sampling the varieties of women -- from a Senegalese prostitute, to a lesbian who works as a dominatrix to rich men, to a beautiful German who becomes his last, most perfect lover -- and exploring the limits of his fetishes for dressing up and the adoration of beautiful, feminine feet. A delightful recollection of sexual pleasure from the dawn to the twilight of life, The Arch of Desire will satisfy every erotic appetite. \"[A] delicious, bold and genuinely immoral book, or perhaps ... a treatise in favor of hedonism and the pleasures of desire.\" -- A. Castro, El Periodico \"A fascinating novel, exquisitely conceived and structured ... De Sade would applaud.\" -- Antonio Bordon, La Provincia \"Munoz Puelles uses an erotic vocabulary that stretches the rules of the genre.\" -- Maria Jose, El Pais\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802139696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.28h x 5.54w x 0.54d","brand":"Vincent Munoz Puelles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990818029749,"sku":"9780802139696","price":9.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_42e1d5d6-5b75-42e5-ba23-c25d73b491f3.jpg?v=1762837891","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-arch-of-desire-9780802139696","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}